Steve Ellner Two conflicting leftist positions on Latin America’s wave of progressive governments known as the Pink Tide have become increasingly well-defined over the last two decades.
The U.S. should increase pressure on OPEC and non-OPEC countries,which are failing to meet production forecasts, to open access toIOCs while authorizing oil production in ANWR, other promisingArctic areas, and the lower 48 states to expand domestic energyproduction. Rising oil consumption within key oil-producing statesleaves less oil for export, posing a significant constraint onfuture supply.